1. Western Europe
Geography

2. Vocabulary
European Union - a group of 27 European countries that coordinate economic policies and goals
Euro - the currency adopted by 12 of the 27 member states of the European Union

3. What is the European Union?

4. European Union

5. Climate

6. Vocabulary
North Atlantic Drift - an ocean current that carries water from the Gulf of Mexico to warm the southern British Isles
Marine Climate - cool winters and warm summers
Mediterranean Climate - winters mild and wet, summers hot and dry

7. Regions Which two countries are missing? Iceland Greece
Northern Europe
(Scandinavia)
Iceland
Greece
British Isles
Continental Europe
Mediterranean Europe

8. The British Isles United Kingdom Scotland Northern Ireland Ireland
England
Wales

9. British Isles
What is the difference between The United Kingdom, Great Britain and England?

10. Northern Europe (Scandinavia)

11. Vocabulary
Fjord - a long, U-shaped valley carved out by glaciers and partly filled by the sea
Isthmus - a narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses
Peninsula - land area that projects into a body of water; surrounded by water on 3 sides

12. Continental Europe
Benelux
Germany
Austria
France
Switz.

13. Continental Europe The Benelux Countries
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg

14. Vocabulary
Landlocked – surrounded by land with no direct access to the sea
Industrial Triangle - areas of the French northeast, the Benelux countries, and the German Ruhr with a concentration of heavy industry
Microstate – an independent country with a very small population and land area

15. Industrial Triangle

16. Microstates
Luxembourg
Malta

17. Vocabulary
Polder- land reclaimed from the sea by construction of dikes
Dike - a low wall of earth and stone used to channel water

18. Land Reclamation Polders and Dikes

19. Mediterranean Europe